tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post1959225804169249550..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: Lark Rise to Candleford#2monixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-85061845518763954742008-01-25T20:10:00.000+00:002008-01-25T20:10:00.000+00:00I hope you've managed to find one of the illustrat...I hope you've managed to find one of the illustrated versions of Lark Rise, e. It is lovely to see the flowers and the rural scenes of the time.<BR/><BR/>I think audio books are listed with the books on Amazon.co.uk but I don't think the videos are.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-61651829977718735922008-01-25T19:20:00.000+00:002008-01-25T19:20:00.000+00:00m’luv, your blog has caused a run on "Lark Rise .....m’luv, your blog has caused a run on "Lark Rise ..." at Amazon.com. <BR/><BR/>The (used) book I ordered 10 days ago is temporarily not available and my account was credited accordingly. When I tried to reorder, the first three offerings that popped up were also unavailable. <BR/><BR/>I ordered the next item at a slightly higher price and got confirmation. Now it is to be seen if shows up.<BR/><BR/>A bit off topic, but has anyone else, when ordering a <B>book</B>, come to find when checking out, that the book is really a tape? When did audio and video recordings start being designated books?erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-83364280354711731332008-01-15T21:23:00.000+00:002008-01-15T21:23:00.000+00:00I do hope you enjoy it, e. The mysteries of shippi...I do hope you enjoy it, e. <BR/><BR/>The mysteries of shipping costs remain forever closed!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-84527184424885315412008-01-15T20:02:00.000+00:002008-01-15T20:02:00.000+00:00This is a new title to me, so I checked over at Am...This is a new title to me, so I checked over at Amazon to see if I could a used copy cheap. <BR/><BR/>You'll be amused to know that shipping from the UK will be the ubiquitous $3.99 it is from anywhere in the US.<BR/><BR/>Looking so forward to reading it.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-47151266431238197002008-01-15T14:43:00.000+00:002008-01-15T14:43:00.000+00:00The irony of your remark about mud, D, is that the...The irony of your remark about mud, D, is that the series was filmed in all the torrential rain of last summer! I think they were weeks behind schedule.<BR/><BR/>Cath, the books are lovely and I recommend them but there are no big characters or events, just a beautiful description of the changing rural scene in late 19th century Oxfordshire.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-72815850004259219092008-01-15T12:46:00.000+00:002008-01-15T12:46:00.000+00:00To add to the litany ... I thought everything look...To add to the litany ... I thought everything looked a bit too pristine: exteriors of houses, clothes etc. The production team must have forgotten (if they ever knew) that one of the hallmarks of country living is - mud. Everywhere. And for much of the time.<BR/><BR/>My sole comforting thought is that I will not miss anything by being away for three weeks.60GoingOn16https://www.blogger.com/profile/14216400213406672396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-48754970129311016282008-01-15T11:11:00.000+00:002008-01-15T11:11:00.000+00:00It reminded me a bit of The Darling Buds of May wi...It reminded me a bit of The Darling Buds of May with costumes. LOL. I haven't read the books so wasn't sure what to expect but I did have the overall feeling that it ought not to have been quite so cosy and whimsical. Dawn French, much as I like her, was clearly playing it for laughs and that felt misplaced somehow. I shall continue watching but for how long I'm not sure.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-90322988158888714872008-01-14T20:21:00.000+00:002008-01-14T20:21:00.000+00:00I suppose because they thought it would be a good,...I suppose because they thought it would be a good, literary-sounding alternative to 'Sunday Night Easy-Viewing Costume Soap' . . .Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-27179266342933857712008-01-14T18:39:00.000+00:002008-01-14T18:39:00.000+00:00I read somewhere that it was going to be a sort of...I read somewhere that it was going to be a sort of nineteenth century Coronation Street so it could run for ever. With artistic licence which turns a visiting cheap-jack selling crockery (and such sensitive handling of the people's wish to hide their poverty)into a man selling casks of ale on credit, I dread to think what might happen next.<BR/><BR/>I can enjoy it for what it is but why did they have to use the title from that lovely book?monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-44406538348390983192008-01-14T17:17:00.000+00:002008-01-14T17:17:00.000+00:00Oh, I do so agree. It was pretty, and a cosy enoug...Oh, I do so agree. It was pretty, and a cosy enough bit of family viewing for a Sunday evening, but 'loosely based' on the book, to say the least. <BR/><BR/>I did wonder last year how the production team were going to tackle it, and obviously their starting point was to garner together half the cast of Cranford and half the cast of Sense and Sensibility and give them all some different bonnets! <BR/><BR/>It will undoubtedly result in huge sales for the book, however, which is no bad thing, so long as people don't give up when they can't find the plot and characters they're looking for. <BR/><BR/>I've read that they have filmed (or will be filming) enough for a 'second series'. So it sounds like someone's said 'let's plunder the book for a few ideas and then run with it for years'. (A bit like they did with Noddy and Thomas the Tank Engine really!)Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.com